Stepup Col
| Stepup Col | |||
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| Compass direction | North ( Broad Valley ) | South ( Cugnot Piedmont Glacier ) | |
| Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |||
| Mountains | Louis Philippe Plateau | ||
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| Coordinates | 63 ° 33 '49 " S , 57 ° 50' 25" W | ||
The Stepup Col (English for increase saddle is) a snowy mountain pass in the north of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . On the Trinity Peninsula , it connects the Broad Valley with the Cugnot Piedmont Glacier at the eastern end of the Louis Philippe Plateau .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1964. It is named after the fact that a height difference of about 30 m has to be overcome from the south.
Web links
- Stepup Col in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Stepup Col on geographic.org (English)